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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1895
Page
8
All over the county reports that a gathering or event is planned for December 28 at 7:00 PM, with local residents urged to attend. The text also notes various personal updates, illnesses, travel, and community happenings across towns, including names, places, and social ties.
Snow fell Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, muddy roads follow. Rabbits and hare captured during the storm. Prudence Lodge will elect officers tonight for the year. Republicans and Democrats held primaries to select delegates for the county convention at Westminster to nominate a candidate to fill the Bennett vacancy. Regular Sunday services at the Methodist Episcopal Church begin at seven. Mullinix and Paeban sold stock at auction. Mullinix now in catering. Dr Dorsey Downey of Roanoke and Mrs Emma Fleecker of Philadelphia visiting. Rev W P C Coe preached at Trinity Church on sanctification. Lord's Supper to be administered four weeks hence. Temperature fell to 28 above zero. pork prices 4 to 5 cents per pound.
Two full moons will appear in the month, an unusual astronomical quirk. Some astrologers view it as an omen, while Professor Charles L. Poor of Johns Hopkins University calls sensational newspaper claims about two moons in one month false, noting moons recur roughly every twenty eight days and two in a 31 day month happens about every four or five years.
Dec 13 report from Mevrnis describes revenue officers led by Colonel Anderaan raiding Ed Thomas’s still in Hardin County. Ed and his brother Gus opened fire. Thomas shot dead, Gus a fugitive. Also notes Braman Marshall jailed for murdering his half sister Mul Gred Marshall. Marshall allegedly confessed amid calls for lynching. Also items on Dr Kings Discovery and local patent medicines.
The Baltimore Sun notes December moon phases including full moon near the 1st and last quarter on the 8th and 23rd, with perigee on the 6th and apogee near month end, and details planetary positions in Orion, Scorpius, Virgo, and Taurus. It discusses Kepler's laws, the astronomical unit, parallax methods, and the challenge of measuring Earth Sun distances with references to Newton and historical efforts.
The article surveys the Orion belt and surrounding constellations including Orion itself, Betelgeuse and Bellatrix, the Belt stars Delta Eoit lon and Ista, the Belt's northern stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini, Taurus and Pisces, the Whale Cains, and notable variable stars Mira and Algol. It notes historical names and mythic associations, and hints at upcoming coverage of the Two Dogs and other skies.
Justice Gaynor granted a temporary injunction delaying the planned sale of Long Island Traction stock at the Real Estate Exchange in New York. The move was requested by Nassau Railroad president P. H. Flynn, who alleges the West Virginia charter cannot rule property held by New York citizens. The injunction return date is tomorrow.
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